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Coaching Youth Football (Part 1) | Keys to Success
In your role as a youth football coach, you will profoundly
affect the lives of your players. By your approach to education,
you can show your players how to handle all of the many
challenges they will see throughout their lives.
Be Passionate
You have to coach for the correct reasons. You should
concentrate on the lessons that will show your players proper
morals. Important standards to teach are respect for authority,
work ethic, competitiveness, and teamwork. A good youth football
coach will also stress setting reachable goals and developing a
plan of how to reach those goals. If you go into coaching for
the wrong reasons, like seeking fame or an ego-boost, your
players will know and they will not respect you as much.
Enjoy Teaching
Your key reason for instruction should be to assist kids in
maturing into well-developed adults. Of course winning is
important, but if it really is the only thing you care about,
you won't be able to find any satisfaction when you do win the
big games. You have to give yourself a chance to enjoy the game,
along with making it fun for your student athletes.
Have Patience
All great athletes have had a great coach behind them who was
patient enough to teach them the necessary skills for their
sport. Patience is not something everyone is born with, but it
can be learned with time and experience. Many times a talented
player will not develop until they finally get that one bit of
coaching advice that makes everything click for them. As a
coach, you must make sure to be patient with all of your players
so that you will be there when their talent explodes.
Get Organized
You can't get everything done that you will want to unless you
have a solid, regimented schedule. Most NFL coaches are famous
for their attention to detail and organization, so you should
pattern yourself after the top of the profession. Make the most
out of your limited practice time each day. Know what you need
to get done that day before you begin
practice. Discuss any key
issues with your assistant coaches before setting your schedule
so that there are no surprises once the players are on the field
and ready to go.
Run an Efficient, Fast-Paced Practice
Do not waste precious practice time on conditioning and
low-importance drills. Many coaches, especially at youth
football levels, will make the mistake of grinding their players
through useless drills just to impart toughness. Toughness and
conditioning will both benefit more from a quick, well-organized
practice with quality drills. Focus on drills that develop the
skills your individual players are lacking. Of course, all
fundamentals need to be refreshed from time to time, but you
shouldn't waste excessive time on the things they already do
well. Minimize "standing around" time in your practices.
Many youth football coaches spend too much time teaching by
talking instead of active teaching.It is much more effective to
limit your explanation to short bursts after each player has run
through the drill. Quickly show them what they did wrong or
right during the drill and start the next player. You can
continue talking while the players are in motion, but many
coaches will bring the entire team's practice to a standstill.
Attention span can be a problem for kids, especially at the
younger levels, so more information will be retained if you keep
them moving and focused on the practice.
Keeping these basic ideas in mind will help any coach with their
youth football team, no matter what the level or age-group.
Enthusiasm, patience, and efficiency are the keys to success in
winning and developing great youth football players. More tips
will be available in future parts to this series.
About the author:
This article courtesy of www.clovisfootball.com, the source for
Clovis football
information. The author also runs www.fresnostatefan.com, a site
dedicated to the Fresno
State Bulldog football team.
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